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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Childress (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Childress. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Childress is located in Childress County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Childress County: Harmon (OK), Collingsworth, Cottle, Hall & Hardeman.

Below are the counties that are near Childress. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Childress:

  • Childress County     (The home county of Childress)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Carey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirkland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Tell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Loco ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Loco is located in Childress County
    • Arlie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlie
      • Arlie is located in Childress County
  • Collingsworth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Dodson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
      • Dodson is located in Collingsworth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodson <1>
    • Wellington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Cottle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Baker
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Baker is located in Cottle County
    • Cee Vee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cee Vee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cee Vee
      • Cee Vee is located in Cottle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cee Vee <1>
    • Paducah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paducah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
      • Paducah is located in Cottle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <1>
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Estelline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Newlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
      • Newlin is located in Hall County
    • Hulver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hulver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulver
      • Hulver is located in Hall County
    • Memphis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Goodlett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Quanah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Harmon County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.
    • Hollis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis
      • Hollis is located in Harmon County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,818 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollis <1>
    • Louis ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
      • Louis is located in Harmon County (OK)
    • Arnett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
      • Arnett is located in Harmon County (OK)
    • Gould
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gould have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
      • Gould is located in Harmon County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gould <1>
    • Sandy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Sandy is located in Harmon County (OK)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Childress, see our County-by-County Page for Childress.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Childress ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Childress.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Childress. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Childress and those printed in the larger area surrounding Childress.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Childress.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Childress:

Cemeteries Near Childress ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Childress.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Childress covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.

  • Childress Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Carey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tell Methodist Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kirkland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tell Baptist Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tennessee Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Olympus Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
  • Elba Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elba Cemetery
  • Hutchins Family Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Estelline Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estelline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estelline Cemetery
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Loco Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Halsmith Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Halsmith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halsmith Cemetery
    • Newlin Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newlin Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Childress had a population of 621 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Childress had a population of 5,902 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Childress, with the one closest to Childress listed first.

  • Carey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kirkland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Newlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Newlin is located in Hall County
  • Hulver
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hulver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulver
    • Hulver is located in Hall County
  • Arlie
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlie
    • Arlie is located in Childress County
  • Fresno
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresno have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
    • Fresno is located in Collingsworth County
  • Louis ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
    • Louis is located in Harmon County (OK)
  • Quanah
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Memphis
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wellington
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Paducah
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paducah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
    • Paducah is located in Cottle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Childress. See our List of 1890's Communities around Childress.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Childress. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Childress) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Childress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4267, Longitude: -100.2054    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Childress, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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